A few years ago I got the girls each a HEXBUG Nano
as their first robots. The toys have survived lots of abuse, and the girls still play with them. A great investment. I highly recommend them as an intro to robotics for little ones.
These little bots show off one style of bioengineering: making machines that mimic nature. A much more advanced robot designed with the same philosophy is the BigDog robot from Boston Dynamics. It uses natural-style leg motion to traverse rough terrain.
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